The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Book (Voices That Matter)

496 Pages·2021·167.39 MB·english

by  Scott Kelby

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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Book
Scott Kelby
The world’s #1 best-selling
Lightroom book author
The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic Book Team
MANAGING EDITOR
Kim Doty
COPY EDITOR
Cindy Snyder
ART DIRECTOR
Jessica Maldonado
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
Scott Kelby
Published by New Riders
Copyright ©2022 by Scott Kelby
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means, electronic
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This book is designed to provide information about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom for digital photographers.
Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty of fitness
is implied.
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responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained
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This book is dedicated
to my dear friend, colleague,
and one of Lightroom’s guiding lights,
Winston Hendrickson.
You taught us so much, about so much.
We will miss you, always.
1962–2018
Acknowledgments
kelbyone.com
I start the acknowledgments for every book I’ve ever written the same way—by thanking my amazing wife,
Kalebra. If you knew what an incredible woman she is, you’d totally understand why.
This is going to sound silly, but if we go grocery shopping together, and she sends me off to a different aisle
to get milk, when I return with the milk and she sees me coming back down the aisle, she gives me the warmest,
most wonderful smile. It’s not because she’s happy that I found the milk; I get that same smile every time I see
her, even if we’ve only been apart for 60 seconds. It’s a smile that says, “There’s the man I love.”
If you got that smile dozens of times a day, for 31 years of marriage, you’d feel like the luckiest guy in the
world—and believe me, I do. To this day, just seeing her puts a song in my heart and makes it skip a beat. When
you go through life like this, it makes you one incredibly happy and grateful guy, and I truly am.
So, thank you, my love. Thanks for your kindness, your hugs, your understanding, your advice, your
patience, your generosity, and for being such a caring and compassionate mother and wife. I love you.
Secondly, a big thanks to my son, Jordan. I wrote my first book when my wife was pregnant with him (24+
years ago), and he has literally grown up around my writing, so you can imagine how incredibly proud I was
when he completed writing his own first novel (he’s on number three now). It has been a blast watching him
grow up into such a wonderful young man, with his mother’s tender and loving heart, and compassion way
beyond his years. He knows that his dad just could not be prouder, or more excited for him. #rolltide!
Thanks to our wonderful daughter, Kira, for being the answer to our prayers, for being such a blessing to your
older brother, for proving once again that miracles happen every day. You are a clone of your mother, and
believe me, there is no greater compliment I could give you. It is such a blessing to get to see such a happy,
hilarious, clever, creative, and just awesome force of nature dancing around the house each day—she just has no
idea how happy and proud she makes us.
A special thanks to my big brother, Jeff. I have so much to be thankful for in my life, and having you as such
a positive role model while I was growing up is one thing I’m particularly thankful for. You’re the best brother
any guy could ever have, and I’ve said it a million times before, but one more surely wouldn’t hurt—I love you,
man!
My heartfelt thanks go to my entire team at KelbyOne. I know everybody thinks their team is really special,
but this one time—I’m right. I’m so proud to get to work with you all, and I’m still amazed at what you’re able
to accomplish day in, day out, and I’m constantly impressed with how much passion and pride you put into
everything you do.
A warm word of thanks goes to my in-house Editor, Kim Doty. It’s her amazing attitude, passion, poise, and
attention to detail that has kept me writing books. When you’re writing a book like this, sometimes you can
really feel like you’re all alone, but she really makes me feel that I’m not alone—that we’re a team. It often is
her encouraging words or helpful ideas that keep me going when I’ve hit a wall, and I just can’t thank her
enough. Kim, you are “the best!”
I’m equally as lucky to have the brilliant Jessica Maldonado doing the design of my books. I just love the
way Jessica designs, and all the clever little things she adds throughout. She’s not just incredibly talented and a
joy to work with, she’s a very smart designer and thinks five steps ahead in every layout she builds. We hit the
jackpot when we found you!
Also, a big thanks to our copy editor, Cindy Snyder, whom I feel very blessed to have still working with us
on these books. Thank you, Cindy!
Thanks to my dear friend and business partner, Jean A. Kendra, for her support and friendship all these years.
You mean a lot to me, to Kalebra, and to our company.
A big thanks to my dear friend, rocket photographer, professor of Tesla studies, unofficial but still official
Disney Cruise guide, landscape photography sojourner, and Amazon Prime aficionado, Mr. Erik Kuna. You are
one of the reasons I love coming to work each day. You’re always uncovering cool things, thinking outside the
box, and making sure we always do the right thing for the right reasons. Thanks for your friendship, all your
hard work, and your invaluable advice.
Thanks to Kleber Stephenson for making sure all sorts of awesome things happen, doors open, and
opportunities appear. I particularly enjoy our business trips together when we laugh too much, eat way too
much, and have more fun on a business trip than was previously scheduled.
High-five to the crew at Peachpit Press, and to my editor, Laura Norman, for guiding my books safely to their
birth.
Thanks to Rob Sylvan, Serge Ramelli, Matt Kloskowski, Terry White, and all the friends and educators who
have helped and supported me on my Lightroom education journey. Thanks to Manny Steigman for always
believing in me, and for his support and friendship all these years. Thanks to Gabe and all the wonderful folks at
B&H Photo. It is the greatest camera store in the world, but it’s so much more.
Thanks to these friends who had nothing to do with this book, but so much to do with my life, and I just want
to give them the literary version of a hug: Ted Waitt, Don Page, Juan Alfonso, Moose Peterson, Jeff Revell, Jeff
Leimbach, Larry Tiefenbrunn, Brandon Heiss, Eric Eggly, Larry Grace, Rob Foldy, Kelly Jones, British
Superstar Dave Clayton, Jay Grammond, Victoria Pavlov, Dave Williams, Larry Becker, Peter Treadway,
Roberto Pisconti, Fernando Santos, Glyn Dewis, Paul Kober, Marvin Derizen, Mike Kubeisy, Tonly Llanes,
Maxx Hammond, Michael Benford, Brad Moore, Nancy Davis, Dave Gales, Mike Larson, Joe McNally, Annie
Cahill, Rick Sammon, Mimo Meidany, Tayloe Harding, Jefferson Graham, Dave Black, John Couch, Greg
Rostami, Matt Lange, Barb Cochran, Ed Buice, Jack Reznicki, Deb Uscilka, Frank Doorhof, Bob DeChiara,
Karl-Franz, Peter Hurley, Kathy Porupski, and of course, Vanelli.
I owe a debt of thanks to some awesome people at Adobe: Jeff Tranberry, whom I nominate as the world’s
most responsive superhero; Lightroom Product Manager Sharad Mangalick, for all his help, insights, and advice;
and Tom Hogarty for answering lots of questions and late-night emails, and for always helping me to see the
bigger picture. You guys are the best!
Thanks to my friends at Adobe Systems: Bryan Hughes, Terry White, Stephen Nielson, Bryan Lamkin,
Julieanne Kost, and Russell Preston Brown. Gone but not forgotten: Barbara Rice, Rye Livingston, Jim Heiser,
John Loiacono, Kevin Connor, Deb Whitman, Addy Roff, Cari Gushiken, Karen Gauthier, and Winston
Hendrickson.
Thanks to my mentors, whose wisdom and whip-cracking have helped me immeasurably, including John
Graden, Jack Lee, Dave Gales, Judy Farmer, and Douglas Poole.
Most importantly, I want to thank God, and His Son Jesus Christ, for leading me to the woman of my dreams,
for blessing us with two amazing children, for allowing me to make a living doing something I truly love, for
always being there when I need Him, for blessing me with a wonderful, fulfilling, and happy life, and such a
warm, loving family to share it with.
Other Books by Scott Kelby
The Natural Light Portrait Book
Photoshop for Lightroom Users
The iPhone Photography Book
The Flash Book
The Landscape Photography Book
How Do I Do That In Lightroom?
How Do I Do That In Photoshop?
Professional Portrait Retouching Techniques for Photographers Using Photoshop
The Digital Photography Book, parts 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It
The Adobe Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers
The Photoshop Elements Book for Digital Photographers
It’s a Jesus Thing: The Book for Wanna Be-lievers
Professional Sports Photography Workflow
About the Author
Scott Kelby
Scott is President and CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for photographers. He is Editor,
Publisher, and co-founder of Photoshop User magazine; host of The Grid, the influential, live, weekly talk show
for photographers; and is founder of the annual Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk.™
Scott is an award-winning photographer, designer, and bestselling author of more than 100 books, including
Photoshop for Lightroom Users; The Landscape Photography Book; Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It; The Adobe
Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers; The Flash Book; The Natural Light Portrait Book; and his
landmark, and The Digital Photography Book, which is the #1 top-selling book ever on digital photography.
His books have been translated into dozens of different languages, including Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean,
Polish, Taiwanese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Dutch, Swedish, Turkish, and Portuguese,
among many others. He is a recipient of the prestigious ASP International Award, presented annually by the
American Society of Photographers for “…contributions in a special or significant way to the ideals of
Professional Photography as an art and a science,” and the HIPA award, presented for his contributions to
photography education worldwide.
Scott is Conference Technical Chair for the annual Photoshop World Conference and a frequent speaker at
conferences and trade shows around the world. He is featured in a series of online learning courses at
KelbyOne.com and has been training photographers and Photoshop users since 1993.
For more information on Scott, visit him at:
His Lightroom blog: lightroomkillertips.com
His personal blog: scottkelby.com
Twitter: @scottkelby
Facebook: facebook.com/skelby
Instagram: @scottkelby